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Last week we made two trades.
The first one we took 120 points on the Crude Oil long and the second trade Long Silver. Because of the profits from the Crude Oil trade, I felt comfortable giving the silver trade more room for a chance of a greater move. Unfortunately, the trade ended up as a scratch trade (even though it was in profit at one stage). I found that by having a profit already in the bag, it gives you the buffer to be able to give following trades a bit more room. Even a smal
March 20, 2013
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I haven't been trading enough this week so I was eager to get stuck in today.
My first trade was a short at 12922... the market had already come off a 50% Fib level and I was thinking that it had further to go. I had missed the move as it fell (as I had only got in at 6.30pm GMT).. I quickly opened the short but didn't check to see that the stochastics had almost reached the oversold level. This was frustrating as I sold right at the bottom. The market went up and hit my stop for -18!!
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May 16, 2008
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At 19.00 GMT, the FOMC made it's announcement.. I had no idea what they announced but the market didn't really do that much. I entered short when the market went below a previous support level at 135000.. unfortunately, it soon bounced back up and I had to nurse a 16 price loss! Ouch!
My trade wasn't a bad one, I had traded on break of the channel. Luck wasn't on my side this time.... as I write, the market has broken up above the upper trend channel. If I had bought this, I could have gr
February 20, 2008
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